VirtualDub wont play *.avi

[John_do]

When I try to preview a *.avi in VirtualDub, I get a: "error decompressing video frame 0" ( error code -100 ) I can play the avi in any player I have installed. Gspot says I have 6 video codecs installed, and 7 audio codecs installed. VirtualDub uses a XviD MPEG-4 codec decompresssor. ( under file>information ). I'm trying to frameserve it to TMPGEnc. Anyone??? TIA

[redwudz]

Does VirtualDub list the 'XviD MPEG-4 Codec' in 'Video>Compression'? If not, then it's not entirely installed. Or VD is corrupted somehow. Try VD Mod. It handles a few more formats. If you get nowhere, you might uninstall the Xvid codec, then reinstall it. I suspicion you may have a conflicting codec, though. This would be more common with codec pack installs.

[Ai Haibara]

Which version of Xvid do you have installed? (Also, just because I'm curious, which version of GSpot?)

[John_do]

Yep VirtualDub does list the XviD MPEG-4 decoder, from Jan 3 2003. Core Version 2.1; and no VirtualMod can't play the *avi's either, but return the same error. GSPOT is version 2.21 build 030711. How do you uninstall the XviD codec?

[Ai Haibara]

Sounds like one of the old 1.0 or 1.1 builds of Xvid. I'm not sure which version it is, exactly; the 'Core Version' is misleading and doesn't refer to the overall version (and I think it was used in a number of the 1.0/1.1 builds). The latest version of Xvid is more or less 1.2 (though the Xvid page in VideoHelp's Tools section has a recently-released patch to 1.1.1 (1.1.2) listed as the latest version. You can try either, I believe, whichever you prefer. ) The newer versions might fix the 'frame 0' problem you're having.

Normally, Xvid should have an entry in Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. It's probably a good idea, even if you're going to install a newer version, to go ahead and uninstall Xvid anyway, before installing the new version.

You might try the newest version of GSpot (2.60 RC1, as I'm typing this) - versions 2.52 and higher provide quite a bit more information about videos than 2.21 and more formats.

[John_do]

THX to both of you. Uninstalling the codec, and installing it again did the trick. And then I installed Gspot 2.60, which you are right, brings me a lot more information. THX once again.